User blog comment:Flia/Canon material/@comment-1164563-20111209012011/@comment-775152-20111213041925

True, there are no bad translations. There are no good ones, either. The problem with translating is that one can either translate what is said, or what is meant. I don't like fan translations because, most often, they just translate what is said, and that often leads to comprehension issues. Some jokes may rhyme in the native language, or the characters may reference something that is common knowledge to the natives but unknown to foreigners, and fan translators will just plow through them and expect the reader to read their 3-page long explanation of the joke or reference.

While not wrong, it doesn't exactly make the media accessible. Tokyopop's intent was to make manga accessible to non-japanese audiences, thus; word-for-word-accuracy was sacrificed for readability. I don't want to sound like Tokyopop's translators are gods and Shall Not Be Questioned, I'm just trying to point out the problem with translations in general.